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by Sarah Newman, D.C. HEADING FOR TROUBLE? Soccer is an excellent sport that confers many healt h benefits. However, there is increasing concern that younger players (in oarticular) Sarah Newman, D.C. who "head" the bail may be injuring themselves as a result. According to a recent small study, heading the bal leads to changes in the white matter of the brain (the fibers that make up the brain's network wiring) that are similar to those experienced with traumatic brain injury or concussion. As yet, researchers have not assessed whether these changes in the brain correspond to changes in cognitive performance. The more a player uses his or her head to strike the oall, the greater the degree of changes in the brain. Players are therefore advised to minimize heading the ball. At NEWMAN FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC, we can offer a treatment plan that is organized around what you can do and what we can do to help prevent injury. Whether you're looking for relief from severe chronic pain, searching for ways to beat the aches and pains of day-to- day living, or seeking optimal health and peak performance, you've come to the right place. We are ocated at 2211 Jefferson St., where we will only accept you as a patient if we feel we can help you. Please call 360.426.3886 to schedule an appointment RS. Heading the ball in soccer places stress on a Ùlayer's cervical spine, which poses ootential consequences of its own www.newmanfamilychiro•com Divers Continued from page A-1 [Lake] Limerick is you've got a little bit of visibility," Reed said. "When you've got a little bit of standoff and you can see what's coming up you get to do your mental check a little earlier. Assistant dive team leader Don Spezza said hi s military experience helps him deal with difficult dives. "I had a lot of military experi- ence -- I guess I have the right mindset for it." Spezza said. "My prior experience makes me look at it as a duty that needs to be done." Several members of the Mason County team attended a recent training session on being a member of a search and rescue dive team. At the event, they listened to a series of lectures from Bill Heckler, a dive team leader from Cleveland, Ohio, who gave the divers many pieces of advice through the day. "People don't call us when every- thing's great," he said. "They never say the water's great come out for a dive. At difficult dives, like the week- long search at Lake Limerick, Heckler said there is always at least one diver who has never seen Courtesy pnoto Bill Reed helped establish the Mason County Search and Rescue Dive Team in 1998. a dead body, or experienced quite what they would that day. When Sheldon Olsen's body was found, team member Don Hageman was that diver. "This one at Lake Limerick was the first body recovery I was actu- ally at." he said. "It's sobering. It makes me want to put lifejackets on my kids." While tragedies like the drown- ings at Lake Limerick often get the most attention, these instances are actually rare, and interspersed with other dive opportunities, some for evidence, guns used in crimes, or stolen cars. The Mason County Search and Rescue Dive Team is made up of volunteers and is funded entirely by grants and fundraisers. While members of the communi- ty have been generous at fundrais- ers like the Hoodsport Polar Bear Plunge, which Reed organizes, the team is always looking for dona- tions to fund equipment and con- tinuing education. Even with a generous commu- nity, keeping a volunteer dive team going can be a challenge. "Its just time consuming and with the economy the way it is it's hard to go out and ask people," he said. "Everyone's got a job for the most part you're relying on those who are off or who can break away from their jobs." In the end, dive team members sacrifice their time off to serve the county, and to provide closure when no one else can. "I like being able to help people put closure to tragedies," team member Garrett Landram said. "This was a way for me to be able to be in the public service." Gardens Continued from page A-1 May 16. "We have proposed zoning regulations that would allow collective gardens in most com- mercial areas and some industrial areas within the county and ... all three Urban Growth Ar- eas," Barbara Adkins, Mason County director of planning and community development said. "While we don't have to accept the zoning regu- lations we are prohibited from precluding col- lective gardens." Some of the proposed regulations include al- lowing only one collective garden permit on a property tax parcel and allowing the gardens only in commercial and industrial zoning ar- eas. The regulations also specifically state that a collective garden may not be located within 1,000 feet of a school of any kind, or within 1,000 feet of a youth center, swimming pool or video arcade. The requirements also include provisions stating that collective gardens must be con- tained within a building, that they must have air filtration systems, be surrounded by a fence of at least 10 feet and that the buildings must have adequate fire suppression systems, among other requirements. The Planning Advisory Committee voted 3-1 with one abstention to propose the zoning amendment to the county. According to Adkins. three other counties have enacted moratoriums on collective gardens and Lewis County is the only county in the state to accept regulations on medical marijuana. Adkins said she used Lewis County's zoning regulations to influence those she presented to the commission Tuesday morning. ESSB 5073 specifically allows up to 10 med- ical marijuana patients to work together to grow up to 45 cannabis plants for medical use and possess up to 72 ounces of usable mari- juana. Governor Chris Gregoire vetoed sections Of the bill that included language making medical marijuana dispensaries legal. While those dis- pensaries are illegal in both state and federal law. many operate in Mason County. "The reality is that they exist. The city of Seattle has put them into their regulations be- ® i!iiii00ii!ili00iiii!i00i!00!00!iiiii00i!iii!iiii!00i!il;iii00i00 ,, i i !iiiiii!ii00i!i!iiii!iiiii00i;i!iliiiiiii iiiiiiiiiii!i i00ii!!iill iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!iiiiiil;i!iiiii!i!iiii!i!i!!iiii;i!i!ii Journa photo by Natahe Jonnson Barbara Adkins, Mason County director of planning and community development, asked the county commission to approve regulations and zoning requirements for collective medical marijuana gardens in Mason County. The commission voted against the proposal and extended a moratorium on the gardens until November. cause they are there," Adkins said. It is unclear in state law whether a dispen- sary can be considered a collective garden if plants from a collective garden are brought there to distribute to other qualifying patients, she said. "To some extent when you start dealing with allowing the dispensaries that are not neces- sarily in state code ... it could put you at a higher legal risk," she said. "There are differ- ing opinions about whether they can exist or not exist. These are not questions for land-use people." In the end it didn't matter whether language addressing dispensaries made it into the pro- posed amendment to county zoning codes be- cause the commission voted to continue the moratorium and not accept the code amend- ment. "I have difficulty understanding how we can have zoning regulations for something that's illegal under federal law," Commission- er Tim Sheldon said. "I think that continuing the moratorium is in the county's best inter- est." Commissioners Lynda Ring Erickson and Bloomfield echoed Sheldon's statement. "Those (Revised Codes of Washington) RCWs are subservient to the laws of the federal gov- ernment," he said. "Presidents, governors, be- lieve it or not even county commissioners have been wrong before." Hood Canal Continued from page A-1 narrowed it down to six, and eventu- ally three top candidates. Last week. the school district an- nounced its top three candidates to take over as principal and super- intendent for the 2012-2013 school year. The district held community fo- rums on April 30, May 1 and May 2 to gather input from the public on the three candidates. Candidates besides Batsone in- cluded Ellen Perconti, who serves as the director of curriculum, assess- ment and instruction at the Lewiston Idaho School District and Gary Kee- ler, an elementary school principal in the Northsh0re School District in BotheU/Woodinville. Petersen said the application pro- cess was fairly smooth. "I think that we have really good timing in this." she said before the board offered Batstone the position• "There are a lot of people out there looking for a new position. A lot of people have just come through the superintendent certification process." • The school board interviewed all three candidates last week. Petersen said Batstone stood out. "They all had different aspects that we certainly wanted to put together in one package," she said. "He's just ex- trememly energetic and charismatic. He's very articulate. He's really into unity and so I think he'll work really hard to bring us all together." Batstone should start at the Hood Canal School District on July 1. Skokomish Continued from page A-1 should hear before kinder- garten." Oliver said• The winner will be an- nounced on May 21. The winners will be presented NELSON LEES Attorneys and Counselors at Law • General Legal Services • Non-Profits : '= • Small Businesses Hourly Rates starting at s50 !ii PO Box 657 961 3195 www.nelson-lees.com Union, WA 98592 with their bikes at the annual Head Start picnic at Potlatch State Park on May 24. While contests are fun for kids young and old, adults at Skokom- ish Head Start said the goal of the program is similar to the purpose of head start - to give low-income kids a chance to start kindergarten on an even footing. Joanna Reibel, disabilities and education coordinator at Skokomish Head Start said the curriculum at head start is broader than most pre- schools. Children at head start get dental and hearing screenings, are tested for lead poisoning, as well as other screenings, she said. Parents can also take part in edu- cation opportunities on topics such as the importance of sleep and nutri- tion. The head start program also in- - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, May 10, 2012 cludes mental health screenings and lessons on cop- ing with stress for the young students. Because it is a tribal program, head start also offers cul- tural lessons for its students. For ex- Donna ample, each student Oliver who graduates from head start this year will sing a "canoe song" at the ceremony, said Health and Family Services Coordinator Ju- lie LeClair. Oliver said the program is run by the Skokomish Tribe and is on the reservation, but is open to all chil- dren. "This is a tribal program - a lot of people think only Indian people go here," she said. "It's actually about half and half." LeClair works with Hood Canal School to make sure students are pre- pared when they transfer to Kinder- garten. "We want to make sure there's no gaps Julie in their education," LeClair she said. "(Reading) is crucial we real- ly want to push that readiness." While the results aren't in, Oliver said the program has encouraged reading. "It's fun to have the children come back and tell you about stories that their guardian read to them," Oliver. Skokomish Head Start has open enrollment. To enroll, call LeClair at 877-9007.